Oreshnik – the rocket was created on the basis of the RS 26 Rubezh
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The Russian Oreshnik missile is based on the RS-26 (“Rubezh”), which barely circumvented the ban of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), Forbes writes.
The Oreshnik is a variant of the Russian RS-26 ballistic missile, a 40-ton solid-fuel missile that covers two treaty categories, according to Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.
“Depending on the angle at which it is launched, the RS-26 can travel up to 6,000 kilometers. This would make it an intercontinental ballistic missile,” the publication says.
As Forbes added, the problem for the developers of the RS-26 was that until 2019, the United States and the Russian Federation were parties to the INF Treaty, which prohibited testing and…
